The Swiss manufacturer Ammann AG offers high quality gardening tools in some specific unique styles. Specializing in hoes with replaceable hardened steel blades, the most popular types being the Colinear, Upright (trapezoidal), and Oscillating (stirrup) hoes. Another Swiss manufacturer that professional gardeners are familiar with is Glasser; we feel that the Ammann tools are as good a quality while at a more competitive price. In late 2009, we have also expanded our offering of Ammann tools, carrying some of their other unique tool designs. Ash handles for most of the long handled Ammann tools are produced for us by one of our customers in Tennessee.
403 - Ammann Colinear Hoe w/Replaceable Blade Made famous by Elliot Coleman, this “razor blade on the end of a stick” is great for shaving small weeds off at or just below the surface. Extremely light. This model has a replaceable blade.
Coleman / Trapeziod / Upright Hoes Another Elliot Coleman design with replaceable blade, a bit heavier than the Collinear so it can do some light chopping and the taller blades can move some soil. Ash handle. 4025 Head: 5” Length: 66” Weight: 2.1 lbs Price: $35.00 Replacement blade: $10.00
406 Ammann 3-Tine Cultivator This robust 3-tine cultivator features offset tines that will penetrate the soil up to 4" deep and have 7/8" wide diamond-shaped tips. Ash handle.
Ammann Dibber The first time I saw this dibber, I thought the handle was on crooked. Upon using it, I realized that the slightly “crooked” handle is more ergonomically correct for less wrist fatigue.
Length: 11” Width: 5” Weight: .3 lbs Price: $8.00
Ammann Oscillating / Stirrup Hoes Also known as a “hula-hoe”, these hoes have a hardened spring-steel blade that cuts in both directions for high efficiency. Unlike a fixed-blade ‘scuffle’ hoe, this head has a limited-swivel joint at the top which gives the blade an aggressive entry angle into the soil both pushing and pulling, without changing the angle of the handle. Therefore, it works the soil deeper than a scuffle hoe (like our Dewit Diamond Hoe), but by the same token it requires more energy to use. Ash handles. 4045 Head: 5” Length: 66” Weight: 1.8 lbs Price: $37.00 Replacement blade: $10.00
408 Ammann Combination 5” oscillating hoe / cultivator / rake One of those "2-in-1" tools that is really practical! The 'downside' of an oscillating hoe is that you can't really move material with it (such as pulling soil up around a plant, etc.)...but now you can! The 5 stout 3" curved tines on the flip-side can double as a cultivator or a small rake to break up or move soil. Ash Handle.
Made in Kanas from recycled agricultural disc blades, this hoe line has some good designs, are priced well (no overseas freight involved!) and are the best domestic hoes we’ve found. Handles on Garden and Scuffle hoes are attached in the conventional crimped-ferrule style (not replaceable), but the oversized ferrules seem to make the head junction more durable than any other American hoe. All hoes sharpened on 3 sides. (these hoes are good for seasonal hired help: better than average quality for good efficiency, but not a huge investment in cases where they might “walk off” or get lost).
Rogue Field (chopping) Hoes Very durable will even cut small saplings. Heads have a piece of pipe welded to the back; handle is inserted into pipe tightly and affixed with a horizontal pin. 40F Head: 4” wide Length: 64” Weight: 3.2 lbs Price: $26.00
